Business owners usually have several options when
financing a business and some options will be better than others. Loans
are an excellent solution when you have cash flow to support them, but
not good when cash is tight. Loans rely on tax deductible interest payments,
and are almost always a cheaper cost of capital than equity. They can
also be self-liquidating either through regular payments of principal
and interest or by applying cash collections to the loan balance. Loans
are not a good solution when cash is so tight that you have trouble
making the payments. They’re also not good when your leverage
is so high that all your capital is being used to pay the loans instead
of operating the company.
Alpha Omega helps business owners identify and locate the best loans
for their businesses. We maintain regular contact with a very large
network of lenders of all kinds, and stay abreast of current trends
in interest rates, fees, loan structures, and loan appetite. Because
we work closely with many lenders and one of our partners used to
be a lender, we know which lenders are good ones, which ones are offering
competitive rates and terms, and which ones are most appropriate for
a particular company.